tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post1100542698733470188..comments2024-03-27T11:10:57.384-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: One Man's Maple Moon: Silence Tanka by Susan ConstableChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-58822356793408912762015-04-14T08:52:30.138-04:002015-04-14T08:52:30.138-04:00According to Rein Raud's groundbreaking study ...According to Rein Raud's groundbreaking study on the use of Honkadori ("An Investigation of the Conditions of Literary Borrowings in late Heian and Early Kamakura Japan," The Culture of Copying in Japan: Critical and Historical Perspectives, pp. 143-155), there are different techniques of borrowing, alluding and imitating that could be used for poetic practice, and different rules applied for their use:<br /><br />1 Simple quotation (as in the case of Susan's tanka)<br />2 Inclusive imagery/expression<br />3 Contrastive feeling (this kind of allusion is most ancient)<br />4 Inclusion of narrative<br />5 Inclusion of personality<br /><br />I"ll discuss these techniques in the forthcoming "To the Lighthouse" post.<br /><br />Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-54264902705407005792015-04-14T08:21:39.528-04:002015-04-14T08:21:39.528-04:00The allusive simile in the upper verse establishes...The allusive simile in the upper verse establishes the theme, and the evocative tactile images in the lower verse make the theme come alive and enhance the atmosphere of the poem.<br /><br />Susan's use of Honkadori (allusive variation) is emotionally effective, adding aesthetic depth to the poem.<br /><br />This lovely tanka makes me see "silence" from a new perspective.<br /><br />For more information about the technique of Honkadori, see "To the Lighthouse: Plagiarism or Honkadori (allusive variation)," http://neverendingstoryhaikutanka.blogspot.ca/2013/02/to-lighthouse-plagiarism-or-honkadori.html<br /><br />Note:<br /><br />"Fog" by Carl Sandburg<br /><br />The fog comes<br />on little cat feet.<br /><br />It sits looking<br />over harbor and city<br />on silent haunches<br />and then moves on.<br />Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com